CEDAR COUNTY, NEBRASKA - OBITUARY OF MARY SCHAEFER ==================================================================== NEGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the NEGenWeb Archives by Carol Tramp ====================================================================== THE CEDAR COUNTY NEWS - 5-25-1922 Burned to death Mary Schaefer Little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Schaefer of Menominee, died Monday Was playing with matches Prompt response of both parents to cries failed to save little one’s life. Funeral Tuesday morning. Mary, three year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Schaefer, of Menominee, passed away early Monday morning at the home of her parents as a result of burns received last Thursday afternoon. Mrs. Schaefer put the little one to bed for her afternoon nap, as was her usual custom while she washed the dinner dishes and performed her ordinary household tasks. Mr. Schaefer had not yet left the house, when they were startled by terrible screams from the bedroom. Both rushed in to find the child’s clothing in flames. They rolled her in the covers and extinguished the fire but not before the youngster had inhaled some of the flames. Medical aid was summoned immediately and everything possible was done for her relief but death came to her relief early Monday morning. The funeral was held from the Menominee church on Tuesday morning and was largely attended by a host of sorrowing friends. The parents have the sympathy of the entire community in their sad loss. The have one other child, a boy, one year old.